I have a Asus P8P67 Evo and yesterday I added a 2nd GTX 460 videocard to do SLI. They are in the top 2 x16 slots: http://i.imgur.com/qlJT9.jpg
However, my Asus Xonar soundcard in the 3rd x16 slot was blocking the intake of the second video card.
So I moved it to top x1 slot. The card turns on upon boot, and Windows detects it properly, but I don't get any sound out of it. Should this top slot work correctly with 2x video cards?
Also, I'm concerned about the limited number of lanes with the P67, I want to make sure both video cards will have x8 bandwidth, and not fall back to x4 because of bandwidth used up by soundcard:
With the soundcard in the top x1 slot, will the 2 slots with the videos cards operate at x8/x8?
With the soundcard in the bottom x16 slot, will the 2 slots with the videos cards operate at x8/x8?
However, my Asus Xonar soundcard in the 3rd x16 slot was blocking the intake of the second video card.
So I moved it to top x1 slot. The card turns on upon boot, and Windows detects it properly, but I don't get any sound out of it. Should this top slot work correctly with 2x video cards?
Also, I'm concerned about the limited number of lanes with the P67, I want to make sure both video cards will have x8 bandwidth, and not fall back to x4 because of bandwidth used up by soundcard:
With the soundcard in the top x1 slot, will the 2 slots with the videos cards operate at x8/x8?
With the soundcard in the bottom x16 slot, will the 2 slots with the videos cards operate at x8/x8?